"Where are uncle and Mark?"
Waking up the next morning to bright sunshine, Russell shuffled downstairs from the second floor in slippers, pretending to be sleepy and listless, and asked Aunt Debbie, who was making breakfast in the kitchen.
"Nolan and Mark went to play baseball somewhere.
Don't worry about them, let's eat first."
Debbie poured the fried eggs onto the ready-made tomato spaghetti.
She served a plate for herself and one for her nephew, placing them on the dining table.
"Play baseball?"
After washing up, Russell sat down to eat.
What a warm father-son moment, one throwing, one catching, the most common way for American fathers and sons to bond. Omni-Man rarely showed affection; this kind of moment had never happened before.
Mark might have thought his father, Omni-Man, was happy because he awakened his powers.
He wondered what his Omni-Man uncle's mood was like when he was playing catch with his son, which was extremely rare for him.
Worried, pleased, headache, reluctance...
Anyway, it must be very complicated. Twirling the spaghetti on the plate into a tangled ball with a fork, Russell smiled lightly, put it in his mouth, and enjoyed the delicious food.
When Mark was seven, his father told him he was Omni-Man, that he was actually an alien from another planet, and that the Viltrumites were actually a peaceful cosmic super race who would send warriors to protect weaker planets in the Universe.
Omni-Man said the same thing to other Earthlings.
"It's all nonsense, actually."
Omni-Man was a vanguard warrior sent by Planet Viltrum to prepare for its future invasion and occupation of Earth.
Eliminate threats while ensuring Earth became dependent, accustomed to relying on the Viltrumites when facing planetary threats.
"Just like the kind of evil alien Lex Luthor always suspected Superman was in the DC Universe."
If Lex Luthor were born in this World, he would be the only wise man with unique insight and foresight, but unfortunately...
Viltrumites have long lifespans, starting from thousands of years. Omni-Man originally planned to wait until his wife and son died of old age in a few decades if Mark didn't awaken his powers before making his move.
This was also a measure he had to take to preserve his family ties.
Russell looked out the window at the sky.
As soon as Mark awakened his powers, his lifespan soared. Perhaps Omni-Man wouldn't even outlive his son, so rather than a long pain, a short one was better, and he decided to act earlier.
This was also the cause of death for the Global Guardians.
"Auntie, I feel a bit unwell today, like I have a slight fever. I'd like to take a day off," Russell said, pushing his plate away after finishing his meal and holding his forehead.
"Slight fever?" Aunt Debbie lovingly touched her nephew Russell's forehead, then compared it to her own. It was indeed a slight fever. "I'll find some medicine for you to take, and you can go back to sleep for a while.
You'll be fine after a nap."
If it were Mark asking for leave, Debbie would definitely suspect her son was being lazy and didn't want to go to school, faking a slight fever by pressing a hot water cup to his forehead.
But her nephew Russell was different. Since childhood, he was like a little adult, with excellent grades, and was so sensible at a young age that it was heartwarming. He never caused anyone worry.
If he wanted to take leave, he must be genuinely unwell.
"I'm going upstairs, Auntie."
After taking the medicine Aunt Debbie found for him, Russell held onto the railing and walked up to his bedroom.
Aunt Debbie changed into her real estate sales lady's suit, put on high heels, and prepared to go to work.
Whoosh!
Just then, Omni-Man Nolan and Mark returned, landing on the lawn in front of the house.
Mark had just played a game of throwing a ball across the entire Earth with his father, Omni-Man. The baseball followed Earth's orbit, thrown with great force by his father, circled Earth at high speed, and landed in his hand.
The unprecedented thrilling experience made Mark keep playing with his father until it was almost time for school before they returned.
Seeing his Cousin Russell walking upstairs, he asked his mother, who was about to go to work, in confusion.
"Why is Cousin still going upstairs in his pajamas? It's almost time for school."
"Russell is feeling a bit unwell and won't be going to school today," Debbie said to her husband as she kissed his cheek before leaving, also saying it to her son.
"Where is Cousin unwell?" Mark scratched his head.
He remembered that two days ago, because he had bravely stepped forward and caused trouble, his Cousin Russell had helped him fight the football team member and seemed to have been hit in the stomach with a punch.
Although that guy was hit even harder.
"Russell has a slight fever."
"Slight fever?"
Nolan looked upstairs with his arms crossed, not thinking too much about it.
Mark awakened his powers the day before yesterday, became a Superhero yesterday, and today Russell had a slight fever. It seemed a bit coincidental.
Teenagers' minds are always very complex.
Perhaps seeing his cousin awaken his powers and feeling psychologically unbalanced and uncomfortable was also normal.
Nolan rubbed his temples with a headache, not bothering with his wife's nephew, whom he had also raised.
He was preparing to eliminate Earth's defense forces today, and he couldn't even spare a thought for anyone else right now.
"Don't worry about your cousin, you're going to school alone today."
"Going to school alone, does that mean I can fly there!" Mark's eyes lit up.
"Suit yourself," Nolan waved his hand.
He went upstairs to check on his cousin, saw that it was nothing serious, just that he was a bit sleepy after taking the medicine and was about to fall asleep, so he didn't bother him. He grabbed his schoolbag and soared into the sky to go to school.
In the living room, only Nolan remained.
He looked around the warm little home that his wife always kept meticulously tidy, his face showing struggle, but soon he gritted his teeth, changed into his battle suit, and flew outside the house.
His cape fluttering in the air, Omni-Man stood in mid-air with his arms crossed, looking at his nephew sleeping on the bed in the second-floor bedroom with a complicated expression for a while, then flew away.
After Omni-Man flew away, Russell opened his eyes, waited a little longer, confirmed that his uncle Omni-Man wouldn't be back anytime soon, then threw off the covers, changed into a tracksuit, and left at supersonic speed.
He was afraid that Omni-Man was going to slaughter the Global Guardians right now and he wouldn't make it in time.
"Hope uncle Nolan isn't going immediately."
Russell set off immediately, heading straight for the Global Guardians headquarters at supersonic speed.
...
"Help!"
People screamed and fled in the streets.
Hiding behind a police car, a dozen police officers' foreheads showed cold sweat as they continuously fired at a tall armored figure, but it was all in vain.
Bullets bounced off the exoskeleton suit.
The supervillain Carnage raised his right prosthetic arm, a thick cannon, and a dangerous red laser beam shot through the building next to it.
"Look, I shot a hole through that building. You're still shooting with your little pistols, don't you feel like you're overestimating yourselves?" He thought impatiently and smugly, trying to persuade the police officers to leave wisely.
The next second, Carnage was sent flying by a super-fast figure in yellow and blue, smashing through an entire department store and flying to another block, unable to move.
"I know him, he's the supervillain Carnage."
"Hero, You saved us.
Who are you!"
Facing the cheering crowd, Mark smiled slightly, put his hands on his hips, and announced his name.
"Hello everyone, I am - Invincible!"
The smug Mark didn't notice the majestic figure with crossed arms frowning and staring at him from behind the clouds above.
Omni-Man looked at his son, who was mimicking Superheroes and fighting crime, his eyes filled with reluctance, as if he would never see his innocent and carefree son like this again.
After watching for a while, he went to his wife Debbie's real estate company and quietly watched his busy wife for a while.
She was always so gentle and patient, introducing houses to every inquiring client tirelessly.
The Sun slowly moved across the sky. After an unknown amount of time, Omni-Man closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, his aura had completely changed. It was as if a sharp blade that had been sheathed for more than ten years and had not tasted blood was unsheathed again, his eyes filled with decisiveness and fierceness.
"It's time!
No amount of hesitation can change the fact that he will ultimately have to do it.
Omni-Man turned and rushed towards Utah in the distance, moving as fast as lightning, tearing through the clouds, heading straight for the Global Guardians headquarters.
...
Across the globe.
Different places.
Red Rush picnicking and flirting with his beautiful girlfriend on the green grass in the park; Immortal disdainfully sending the supervillain who was about to self-destruct over the city into space; War Woman listening to her female assistant report good news and expecting the company's market share to increase in the third quarter.
Aquarius sitting bored on the throne of Atlantis beneath The Deep, as well as Darkwing, Green Ghost, Martian...
All members of the Global Guardians received the assembly signal at the same time.
This signal only appeared when something major happened requiring the entire Global Guardians to act.
Everyone rushed to the headquarters simultaneously.
Red Rush was the first to arrive.
As usual, he waited impatiently for his slower teammates.
After a while, all the other members arrived. The last one to arrive was Darkwing, who came in his supersonic jet.
Hiss!
The streamlined supersonic jet slowly reduced speed, the sonic boom cloud around its tail dissipated, and it smoothly flew into the spacious channel of the Guardians headquarters.
Reflecting the Darkwing's exclusive jet that had appeared in the news many times, Russell, who had just arrived on the snowy mountain and was looking at the sky, smiled at the corner of his mouth.
"Looks like I arrived just in time."
Not too early, not too late.
Inside the headquarters, the spacious Base hall.
"Darkwing, why did you call us here?"
"Me?"
"The assembly signal is your symbol."
"Not me."
"What's going on?"
The Global Guardians met and exchanged information, discovering that something was not right.
"System error, or did someone fake..."
Before War Woman could finish speaking, Red Rush, who had been boredly watching his teammates argue, seemed to see something, his eyes widened, and he quickly lunged towards Immortal.
Immortal was confused and reacted slowly, thinking in surprise that Red Rush was attacking him, but he couldn't dodge Red Rush's speed and could only watch.
Whoosh!
The next moment, Immortal, who was pushed away with force, just managed to dodge a punch carrying terrifying power.
That punch tore through the air with a terrifying shriek and passed by Immortal and him. Omni-Man's punch missed, he stopped his forward momentum, landed on the ground, his red cape flying.
The strong wind caused by his swift and rapid movement swept through the entire Base.
Everyone's faces changed drastically, and they felt cold all over as if the heat from their bodies had also been carried away by the wind.
"Omni-Man?"
"Did you fake the signal?"
That punch was definitely not a joke! The most powerful Superhero on Earth had just attacked them with killing intent!
Whoosh whoosh!
Darkwing threw explosive shuriken without a word.
War Woman flew forward and swung her war hammer at Omni-Man.
The others also attacked one after another, preparing to take down Omni-Man first, as there was no room for even a millisecond of hesitation in front of this terrifying opponent.
Facing the combined attack of the entire Global Guardians, Omni-Man calmly dodged the attacks, his peripheral vision only subtly paying attention to one person's movements.
That was Red Rush, the fastest man on Earth, bar none.
Even he was not faster than the other party.
Whether attacking, or helping others dodge attacks like just now, or escaping to report, he was the person he feared the most!
Crack!
Red Rush flashed past like a red lightning bolt and punched Omni-Man.
A punch, and another punch.
Red Rush punched Omni-Man several times consecutively from different directions, only causing his head to tilt slightly twice, without any injuries.
Omni-Man stood still, his eyes darting rapidly, trying his best to capture Red Rush's trajectory.
"Here it comes again!
Now!"
A punch accompanied by a blurred figure followed closely. Omni-Man lightning-fast predicted and reached out to grab Red Rush's arm, making him unable to escape, then immediately grabbed his head.
Using both hands, he was going to crush Red Rush's head like a hydraulic press.
Crack crack!
The skull clearly emitted a sound of being overwhelmed. Red Rush's eyes widened in terror. No one understood his fear at this moment. The instinct for survival drove him to punch Omni-Man's chest as fast as lightning with both fists.
Boom boom boom!
Consecutive heavy punches carrying terrifying kinetic energy broke through Omni-Man's bulletproof suit, leaving red marks, and then blood beads seeped out from his reddish-purple skin.
Circular airwaves exploded one after another. Omni-Man's chest suffered heavy blows like an earthquake of magnitude eight, injuring his internal organs, and he coughed up blood.
Even so, his eyes were as fierce as a wolf biting the neck of its prey, staring intently at Red Rush, whose eyeball was squeezed out of his skull, and he absolutely would not let go.
Viltrumite elite warrior, thousands of years of seasoned combat experience.
It made him know that only this kind of mutually destructive method could most reliably kill this man!
The fate of the prey bitten by a wolf on the neck was already sealed.
The terrifying and unparalleled recoil broke Red Rush's fists. Even though his two fists, like flails, desperately and helplessly hammered Omni-Man's chest until the last moment, it didn't change anything. Finally, his head was crushed alive.
Seemingly slow, but actually instantaneous.
Their speed was too fast, even Immortal and the others didn't have time to rescue him.
"No!!"
Seeing Red Rush die, Immortal and the others were shocked and terrified.
With Red Rush alive, they still had a chance to escape when facing Omni-Man.
Having dealt with Red Rush, Omni-Man secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his cold gaze sweeping over the others like a blade.
The people he stared at instantly froze, a chill running up their spines, as if they were grabbed by the cold and pale hand of the God of Death.
Soon, Immortal, War Woman, Martian, Green Ghost, and others were successively killed by Omni-Man as easily as cutting vegetables.
Darkwing was grabbed by one leg by Omni-Man and slammed into the ground, turning into a bloody mess, his death was the most tragic.
Aquarius's merman head was smashed open like a watermelon by Omni-Man, who had snatched War Woman's war hammer.
Green Ghost's reaction speed was slow, and Omni-Man clawed out her head in the blink of an eye, crushing the green stone that gave her her miraculous phasing ability along the way.
In the middle, Martian's body deformed and was tied around Omni-Man's arms like cloth, desperately creating opportunities for War Woman and Immortal to attack Omni-Man's head, causing Omni-Man a little trouble.
But it was only some superficial injuries, no internal injuries like those caused by Red Rush's lightning-fast heavy punches.
Omni-Man's large hand tore Martian's body apart, pulled out the Martian race's life core, and threw it on the ground like garbage, violently twisted War Woman's head behind her neck, and chopped off Immortal's head with a hand chop.
Bloody and brutal to the extreme.
No one could imagine how terrifying the once powerful and gentle Omni-Man in the eyes of Earthlings had become a bloodthirsty demon god.
The Global Guardians were all wiped out.
Omni-Man, covered in blood and panting heavily, knelt on the ground, looking at his hands full of blood. Deep fatigue and weariness flooded his heart, his body went limp and he fell down, as if he had fallen into a coma due to his injuries.
Silence.
—Dead silence!
The Global Guardians headquarters, which had just made a huge sound like an earthquake, was now incredibly quiet.
Russell knew it was time for him to enter.
He took a deep breath and stepped into the place where the most terrifying god of slaughter on Earth was located without hesitation.